Church of God (Restoration)

The Church of God (Restoration) is a Christian denomination that was founded in the 1980s by Daniel (Danny) Wilbur Layne (died September 21, 2011). In a booklet written by Mr. Layne in the early 1980s, he claimed to be an ex-heroin addict who spent years dealing drugs and living a life of crime and sin on the streets of San Francisco. Layne was originally raised in the Church of God (Anderson), where his father was a minister. Layne began preaching in the Church of God (Guthrie, OK) after his conversion.

The group believes that they are ordained by both prophecy and Divine command to restore the church of God as it was in the Book of Acts, and believes that it alone is the only true church. Most of Daniel Layne's beliefs in Revelation originated from some ministers who had left the Church of God (Anderson) reformation movement thirty or so years earlier. This teaching is upheld by the official eschatology, which is a form of church historicism. This Church of God (Restoration) teaches that the 7th Trumpet in the book of the Revelation began to sound around the year 1980 when Daniel Layne was saved, alleging that there was a general discontent among many of its current adherents that were in various Churches of God at that time. A variation of this "7th Seal message" had been taught in other Churches of God for approximately 50 years prior to this point.

Daniel Layne was held to be an Apostle in the Church of God (Restoration). He died at his residence in Upland, California, United States, on September 21, 2011. There is also a sizable General Ministerial Body, consisting of male and female ministers, who call themselves "The Seventh Trumpet Angel Ministry". Everyone who is saved and sanctified and is not in a second marriage can be a Minister based upon biblical teaching, as long as they feel called of God and have the approval of the Ministerial Body. There are currently approximately 70 ministers within the USA, Canada, and Mexico, with numerous ministers in the Philippines, Africa, India, Myanmar, Haiti, Bolivia, Germany, Austria, and Nepal.

Since Daniel Layne's passing, the church's chief apostle is Ray Tinsman of Greenville, Ohio. Other apostles currently include: Randall Hargrave (Greenville, Ohio USA), Elizabeth Oppel (Warsaw, Indiana, USA), Henry Hildebrandt (Aylmer, Ontario, Canada), Patrick O'Shea Jr (Greenville, Ohio, USA), Benjamin Tovstiga (Greenville, Ohio, USA), Ernest Benion Jr (Ontario, California, USA), Stephen Hargrave (Warsaw, Indiana, USA), and Addison Everett (Columbus, Ohio, USA).

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